A new door to Haruki Murakami¡¯s vast and labyrinthine world has opened.

¡°The City and Its Uncertain Walls¡± (¡°Machi to Sono Futashikana Kabe¡±) hit shelves in Japan on April 13. It¡¯s the first full-length novel in six years from the beloved bestselling author.

The 661-page book follows a narrator into a city with high walls, seeking the ¡°true self¡± of a crush. Over three parts, the narrator moves from 17 years old to middle age, and the story shifts between reality and a dream-like state.